ICANN - Respect Our Privacy

[Rohit Bhute <rvbhute@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear ICANN –

Regarding the proposed rules governing companies that provide WHOIS 
privacy services (as set forth in the Privacy and Policy Services 
Accreditation Issues Policy document):
I urge you to respect internet users' rights to privacy and due process.
- Everyone deserves the right to privacy.
- No one’s personal information should be revealed without a court 
order, regardless of whether the request comes from a private individual 
or law enforcement agency.
- There is a real threat to lives of bloggers in Bangladesh; exposing 
their WHOIS will make it easier for their attackers.
- India also has very regressive social attitudes masked under the cover 
of law. Revealing WHOIS data will make it easier for fundamentalists of 
all hues to attack people who express dissenting opinions on their 
personal websites.
Private information should be kept private. Thank you.

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Rohit Bhute
twitter.com/rohitbhute